Head-cover for poultry.



w. w. REDMANL HEAD COVER FOR POULTRY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22. I914.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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WILLIAM W YNN REDMAN, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

HEAD-COVER FOR POULTRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed December 22, 1914. Serial N 0. 878,560.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. REDMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented new and useful Improvements in Head-Covers for Poultry, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to head covers and more particularly to devicesof this character adapted to cover poultry heads.

Merchants now, in displaying oultry, wrap the heads of the chickens, tur:eys, or similar fowl with ordinary wrapping paper which in manyinstances does not cover the entire head and is not only unsanitary butfar from cleanly.

It is the object of this invention to provide a simple and eflicienthead cover which may be conveniently applied and which may be used tocontain suitable advertising indicia and which serves the place of aconsignment tag.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the followingdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview looking from one side. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking from theopposite side. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the articleis formed.

In the. specific embodiment of the invention as illustrated herein, thecover is constructed of a single blank having the tapered sides 1 and 2connected together by a narrow bottom piece 3 defined by the foldinglines 4 and 5 and joining the sides integrally, as will be readilyunderstood. When the blank is folded upon the lines 1 and 5 the sidemembers 1 and 2 will be arranged in parallelism and held in suchposition in a manner to be hereinafter described. The side member 2 hasflaps 6 and 7 connected to its marginal edge arranged to be folded atright angles thereto on the lines 8, as shown. These flaps extendthroughout the length of the side member 2 and the width of the bottommember 3, but are free of the bottom member and are foldable upon thelines 9 so as to form bottom flaps foldable inwardly over the bottom 3,as will be readily understood. The side member 1 is provided with edgeflaps 10 connected to the marginal edges of the side member 1 andfoldable on the lines 11 to extend over-the flaps 6 and 7 and theseflaps have connected integrally thereto the cover flaps 12 and 13, thelatter being provided with slots 14 and the former being provided withlooking pins 16 adapted to enter the slots and hold the locking flaps inposition over the side member 2. When folded the container or coverforms a substantially frusto-triangular member having an attenuated openend for the neck of the fowl, as will be readily seen from an inspectionof Figs. 1 and 2. The side 1 has preferably printed thereon lines forthe name of the assignee, while the edge flaps and locking flapspreferably have suitable advertising indicia thereon or may beembellished with pictures or in any other suitable manner.

Being constructed in the manner described and shown, the container mayreadily be shipped in flat form so as to occupy small space and thenconveniently folded around and over the head of the fowl and locked inposition.

What is claimed is A head cover for poultry comprising a body portionformed with a pair of central fold lines and tapering in oppositedirections from such lines to provide side members, flanges formedintegral with the side edges of said side members, the flanges ofadjacent edges adapted to fold over each other to form end members, andextensions formed on the flanges of one side member and adapted toextend over the opposite side'member and secured to ether.

In testimony whereof I a my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WYNN REDMAN. Witnesses: v

CLARENCE O'r'ro HAROLD LINDE, MABEL LULU LINDE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

